National Guard To Recruit 1,000 Conscripts In August

The National Guard of Ukraine intends to recruit 1,000 conscripts in August.

The press service of the National Guard announced this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The statement reads that the conscripts will be engaged in guarding the offices and institutions of the system of justice.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the conscription into the National Guard began on August 8.

On July 7, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that the next call-up for military service in the National Guard will take place in August.

According to the presidential decree, male citizens of Ukraine who are suitable for military service in terms of health and will have reached the age of 20 by the date of their departure for military units, as well as older citizens who are under the age of 27 and are ineligible for release or deferment of conscription, will be called up for urgent military service in the National Guard in August.